Police Brutality

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August 6, 2023
After multiple Mississippi officers pleaded guilty to brutal crimes against two Black men, residents worry culture of violence will persist.
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, theGrio.com
July 19, 2023
Congressional members have reintroduced legislation to address public health and safety without the involvement of law enforcement. 
July 3, 2023
The grandmother of the French teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop pleaded Sunday for rioters to stop after five…
July 1, 2023
The events in France after police fatally shot a 17-year-old near Paris parallel the U.S. racial reckoning following George Floyd's…
Tacoma$3.1MilSettlement, theGrio.com
May 25, 2023
The City of Tacoma noted that the deal was “not an admission of legal liability,” but rather a way for…
April 23, 2023
Ban comes after advocates sued Akron police after a protest over a grand jury’s vote against indicting officers who killed…
Ronald Greene - theGrio.com
March 22, 2023
Hugo Holland has been accused in the past of racist behavior and comments.
March 18, 2023
Gershun Freeman's father, George Burks, said that he wants to see the officers "punished, brought to justice.”
Najee Seabrooks - New Jersey mental health crisis
March 18, 2023
Seabrooks was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead just over five hours after the first…
March 18, 2023
The attorney for Nichols' family said the department should not have let Smith “cowardly sidestep the consequences of his actions.”
March 17, 2023
Attorneys for the family of Irvo Otieno, who died in police custody say video of the incident shows seven sheriff’s…
March 5, 2023
The Robbinsdale Police Department said Friday it wants the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation to review the death of Khalil…
March 2, 2023
NYC said it will pay $21,500 to each of at least 200 protesters who were detained, arrested or met with…
February 26, 2023
Mississippi’s Republican-controlled House recently passed a bill expanding areas of Jackson patrolled by a state-run Capitol Police force.
February 17, 2023
The Feb. 9 encounter unfolded while officers were investigating a report of a firearm near the Durango High School campus.
February 8, 2023
The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped, newly…
February 8, 2023
President Joe Biden spotlighted the issue of race and policing in America in his primetime State of the Union address…
February 7, 2023
The families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others, will join the parents of Tyre Nichols as Biden delivers the…
February 6, 2023
Tyre Nichols was fatally beaten by police during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7, 2023.
February 3, 2023
That the death of Tyre Nichols — young, Black, just trying to get home — came at the hands of…